scope:

This Defence Standard defines material and performance requirements for heat treatable aluminium, weldable aluminium-zinc-magnesium alloy armour in the form of rolled homogeneous plate of nominal thickness 6 to 120 mm for the protection of crew and mechanism of armoured fighting vehicles against attack. It includes a requirement for suppliers to validate their proposed material production route and for the assessment of product quality by ballistic and other tests of pre-production or prototype material. The quality of production shall be assured by quality control, inspection and testing procedures defined in a Process Control Schedule (PCS).

Relevant parts of this Defence Standard may be used to control the quality of components made from the alloy plate but whose final shape is achieved by a working process during which the cross-section of the plate is not substantially changed.

For fabrication aspects of this material, reference should be made to Def Stan 08-39. See also the precautionary note at clause 8.